National Sports

ALMANCIL, Portugal — Canada will face Sweden for third place Wednesday at the Algarve Cup women's soccer tournament. Canada, ranked fifth in the world, tied No. 22 Iceland 0-0 in its opening match before defeating No.

Toronto FC GM Ali Curtis put in the miles to secure Alejandro Pozuelo, travelling three times to Belgium where the Spanish attacking midfielder captains Belgian league-leader KRC Genk.

When Brittany Marchand was being recruited by American universities, she made it clear that she wanted to study chemical engineering while playing NCAA golf.

The hockey community is remembering Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay, who died Monday at age 93.

NEW YORK — Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, Winnipeg Jets right-wing Blake Wheeler and Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby have been named the NHL three stars of the week. Fleury went 3-0-0 with a 0.33 goals-against average, .

MONTREAL — It sounds strange today, but when the Montreal Canadiens chose Carey Price fifth overall in the 2005 NHL draft, many observers were surprised.

MONTREAL — Defensive back Jermaine Robinson and receiver T.J. Graham are both returning to the Montreal Alouettes. The Americans signed two-year deals with the club Monday.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu rose 11 spots to a career-high No. 60 in the WTA Tour rankings on Monday after reaching the semifinals at the Mexico Open last week. Andreescu, whose previous rankings high was No.

ATLANTA — Mercedes-Benz Stadium is moving away from cash transactions for all events, including Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United games. The move to full cashless purchases begins with the MLS Atlanta United game against Cincinnati on Friday.

BRANDON, Man. — Getting the measure of curling stones injected some drama into Brad Gushue's opening weekend at the Canadian men's curling championship.